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St Andrews join WorldChoice
ST Andrews Travel, Bolton has become the 500th member of ARTAC WorldChoice, the UK's largest group of independent leisure travel agents. Managing director Andrew Dickson is keen to take advantage of the organisation's financial strength, negotiating power
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Triv king Martin in TV break
A TRIVIA fanatic from Bolton has been signed up to provide the questions for a top TV game show. Engineering clerk Martin Hutchinson will be setting the posers on the next series of ITV's Talking Telephone Numbers. Martin has been involved in the local
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Parking charge plans in chaos
PLANS to bring in charges for Bolton town centre parking on Sunday have been thrown into chaos ... because of a mix-up about what time the fees come into force. Notices have gone out saying that on-street pay and display charges will start at 8.30am and
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Stan makes first move
BURY boss Stan Ternent today made his first raid on the transfer market when he swapped striker Kevin Hulme for Lincoln City's Dean West. The 22-year-old with over 100 league appearances for the Shakers' Third Division rivals will go straight into the
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PANEL BOWLS
TERRY Williams beat Ian McNeill (level) 41-32 and Dennis Shepherd (1 and jack) beat Mark Bradshaw (scr) 41-39 in professional bowling at the Red Lion Hotel Westhoughton. Tomorrow at the Red Lion Hotel, Westhoughton 1pm. Summer Handicap final. D Eaton
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Crash mum slams boys' sentences
A WOMAN who was badly injured when teenage joyriders smashed into her car, today slammed their sentences, saying that flogging would have been a better deterrent. As reported in last night's BEN, Carol Hornby, aged 47, of Fairways, Horwich,spent 30 days
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AT the recent Memba/Karrimor British Open MTB Races at Bootle Fell Cumbria, Bolton riders had some e
On the Saturday in the downhill Matt Holstead riding in the Seniors finish fifth. In the Juniors Neil Prentice was on his way to finishing well up the field, when gear problems dented his chances, in the end he had to settle for 20th place. On Sunday
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Cook lands dream World Cup call
PAUL Cook, Leeds' talented teenage back, was today handed a sensational call-up to the England squad for next month's Halifax Rugby League Centenary World Cup. The Great Britain academy ace has been named in Phil Larder's 25-man party which was announced
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Leigh wary of Regal test
WHILE the Hilton Park backroom staff have been polishing up on the entente cordiale coach Ian Lucas has been studiously preparing his young side for their tricky French test. And Leigh couldn't have wished for a tougher game than against the French Cup
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Gypsy ruling was stupid
SIR: I refer to your recent news item about the ruling on gypsies. The ruling described in the story is the most stupid I have ever read. The "traditional lifestyle" of travellers was that they were in the main honest, honourable people who wanted to
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BATTLING SHOW EARNS A POINT
UNITY Brook battled back to snatch a 4-4 draw after coming from 3-1 down at half-time against Morris Rangers. They hit back three times in the final 20 minutes for the draw. Farmers Arms took an early lead through Hayland and further goals from Rody and
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Late goal robs RMI of second win
LEIGH RMI's miserable run of six matches without a win continued at Worksop last night when they drew 1-1. And once again it was a mixture of missed chances and bad luck. They were leading by a Darrell McCarty goal scored mid-way through the second half
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PHILHARMONIC'S BIG RETURN
THE celebrated English Philharmonic Orchestra makes a welcome return visit to the Albert Hall, Bolton, on September 23 at 7.30 pm. This follows their highly successful Rock Classics Concert in April. Under the jaunty baton of their Principal Conductor
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Super sleuth set a shining example
ALWYN GRAHAM PAYS TRIBUTE TO A STAR ENTERTAINERS come and go and rarely is their passing marked or mourned by fickle audiences; after all, their work is on film or stored in a video library, so it isn't as though their performances are denied us forever
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Big band fans go wild
Syd Lawrence Orchestra Albert Halls, Bolton BIG band fans gave a terrific reception to this popular orchestra last night. There were only a handful of seats left empty in the hall, proving that the orchestra is as adept attracting audiences as it is at
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For pedestrians only
25 YEARS AGO BOLTON'S central pedestrian precinct will be permanent from next Wednesday. Transport Minister Mr John Peyton has issued the necessary order, and the Town Council can now go ahead with its £60,000 plan to add covered walks, trees and other
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More ghostly goings on..
THE ghosts of Timberbottom Farm and Bradshaw Hall won't go away . . . Mr J. Lomax, of Glazedale Street, Tonge Moor, tells me that he was asked to quote for the felling of Bradshaw Bleachworks chimney (the one that fell on the old Bradshaw Hall memorial
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Quick debut for West?
NEW signing Dean West goes straight into Bury's squad for tomorrow's trip to high-flying Gillingham. West, who completed the exchange deal which took striker Kevin Hulme to Lincoln City late yesterday afternoon, could find himself making his debut after
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Wanderers line-up £2m swoop
WANDERERS are lining up a £2 million bid to prise Scotland international midfielder Scot Gemmill away from Nottingham Forest. After completing the signing of Raith right-back Steve McAnespie, Burnden bosses Roy McFarland and Colin Todd are determined
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£35m South African deal
BELOIT Walmsley in Bolton have won an important contract in South Africa. The £35m order from Sappi Fine Papers (Pty) Ltd is to rebuild a fine paper machine at Enstra Mill. The contract covers all project management and the provision of a full range of
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Don't take cash aid for granted
CHARTERED accountants Kidsons Impey are warning that small businesses should be on guard against grant consultancies which ask for a fee in advance or guarantee funding. The firm says a number are under investigation by the DTI and Trading Standards departments
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Rise in jobless figures
BOLTON'S jobless figure rose by 71 in August from 8,989 to 9,060. The number of unemployed males decreased by 52 to 7,020. But female unemployment rose by 123 to 2,040. During the same period the town's Jobcentres placed 920 people in work and six were
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BOLTON Association side Astley and Tyldesley have signed Horwich player Charles Dagnall as their pro
Dagnall has played regularly for second teams at Lancashire, Kent and Worcester and is considered a county star of the future. He played for British Aero in the Association before joining League side Horwich, where he took 45 wickets and hit over 300
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'Managers' of post office decided soon
A NUMBER of firms and individuals will soon be interviewed to decide who will run Farnworth's Brackley Street post office from next year. Shoppers waged a long battle to keep the post office open after threats that it could be closed and replaced with
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School lesson in recycling rubbish
PROTESTERS have dumped masses of obsolete paperwork with a Bolton salvage firm - to demonstrate their anger at the waste caused by constant school curriculum changes. School governors in Bolton claim the money wasted on changes in the National Curriculum
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Crusade launched to revive Horwich rail link
PLANS to re-open the rail link to Horwich are steaming ahead. Enthusiasts met this week - the 3Oth anniversary of the line's closure - and decided to launch a campaign to revive the town's railway. The campaign has been organised by four friends - all
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VINNY RIDES INTO THIRD
HORWICH cyclist Vinny Smith finished in third place in the 48 mile Bishopswood Road Race at Selby while Pete Halliwell was unlucky to suffer mechanical trouble and was forced to retire when going well. Elsewhere, Mark Leyland was tenth in the 54 mile
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Save our centre
SIR: I was at the last of the famous Dog Shows at the Silverwell Sports Centre. They used to be held on New Year's Day every year. That dated from when the Centre was the Drill Hall. An architect at the dog show was saying the floor is sound and the walls
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LYTHAM HALT GOALS RUSH
PTEMPEST United started the match against Lytham where they left off last week continuing to play fast flowing interpassing football that all but overwhelmed their opponents PTony Burnett especially was having his best game for some time supplying a stream
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ALL SQUARE!
ATHERTON LR 1 RADCLIFFE BORO 1 THE big Unibond Division One Derby never quite ignited into the magical encounter that many had predicted. The spoils were shared to extend Atherton's unbeaten run to four games and Radcliffe's to five. LR took the lead
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OLD BOLTS KICK-OFF IN STYLE
LANCASHIRE Amateur League Premier Division newcomers Old Boltonians put together two excellent results to get their season properly launched, holding 100 per cent leaders Leigh Athletic to a 2-2 draw and then defeating reigning champions Royton Town 5
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LR's injury worries
NON-LEAGUE PREVIEW ATHERTON LR, unbeaten in the last six league games, face the long journey to Worksop Town tomorrow in the Unibond first division with manager Dave Morris still troubled by injuries to his centre backs. Paul Kirwan, Jimmy Evans, Mick
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WAYNE'S BACK
qWAYNE Burnett is back at Burnden Park to continue his trial with Wanderers, despite being recalled to Plymouth Argyle. qThe midfielder, who played in last week's reserve game, has returned to Home Park to cover for a rash of early-season injuries. But
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Fan power can make all the difference
FAN power can make all the difference as Wanderers shape up for their second major away test in successive Saturdays. Roy McFarland is confident his team will avoid a repeat of last week's dismal derby display at Old Trafford when they resume their rivalry
